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Chinese symbol for “tournament”

比武
bǐ wǔ
martial arts competition; tournament; to compete in a contest

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tournament is 比武 (bǐ wǔ), defined as: martial arts competition; tournament; to compete in a contest.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

比 bǐ
to compare, liken; comparison; than
radical 81 ⽐ · 4 strokes
武 wǔ
military; martial, warlike
radical 77 ⽌ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “tournament”

WordPinyinMeaning
马上比武 (馬上比武)mǎ shàng bǐ wǔtournament (contest in Western chivalry); jousting

Related words

Other words that share a character with 比武.

WordPinyinMeaning
比较 (比較)bǐ jiàoto compare; to contrast
比赛 (比賽)bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc); match
比如bǐ rúfor example; for instance; such as
比例bǐ lìproportion; scale
相比xiāng bǐto compare
对比 (對比)duì bǐto contrast; contrast
武器wǔ qìweapon; arms
武装 (武裝)wǔ zhuāngarms; equipment

See also: Japanese symbol for “tournament”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.